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-path

-path suffix: used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder.

Suffix

-path (noun-forming suffix, plural -paths)

  1. Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder
    • sociopath
  2. Used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular capability, as a type of remedial treatment
    • osteopath

Forms of -path

plural-paths

Origin of -path

From Ancient Greek πάθος (páthos, “suffering”).

Questions about -path

What does -path mean?
-path means used to form nouns indicating someone with a particular disorder.
What part of speech is -path?
-path is a suffix.

Words near -path in the dictionary

  1. -pants
  2. -parin
  3. -parinux
  4. -parous
  5. -partite
  6. -path
  7. -pathia
  8. -pathic
  9. -pathies
  10. -paths
  11. -pathy

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